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Abundant Life Believes that Bigger is Better

by Shawn Barrett

This Spring, the UCS crew traveled to Edgewater Park, NJ to erect a new 120' dome with a 24' Sidewall.

The 24' Sidewall on Abundant Life's dome is the largest of its' kind on a UCS structure.

On April 12, the UCS crew began assembling Abundant Life Fellowship’s 120' geodesic dome. The design of the Edgewater Park, New Jersey church called for a 24' sidewall. As you can see, it will be quite a complex. When our crew arrived home they were ready for a few days of rest. The are not getting any younger you know.

Abundant Life’s new complex is being built at the old Holiday Lakes Park. The site has a beautiful lake which once was an area for local recreation. The church hopes to bring special recreation activities back to the community as part of it’s ministry.

The new church was designed to seat 1,000 people. The layout of the new sanctuary includes seating for 665 on the main floor, 86 in the choir, and 258 in the balcony.

When the church installs it’s 40' lighted steeple, the building will be 94' high at the peak. Our on-site supervisor, Matt Becker, said, "You can see this building a mile away." Our crew said that from the roof, they could see Philadelphia which is 20 miles away. I am not sure about the rest of you, but I’ll take their word for it!

The head of the building committee, Aubrey Fenton, is pushing us to engineer larger geodesic domes. He feels they will need to build a 150' before long. We certainly do not want to disappoint him when that time comes.

We would like to recognize Alexander Construction Services for their hard work on this project. It is always a pleasure to work with them. The design/build firm, out of Pittsburgh, has been assisting churches for over 40 years and their experience makes for projects we can all be proud of.

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